A diagnostic test for a certain disease has a sensitivity of 0.76 and a specificity of 0.84. The probability that a patient has the disease is estimated as 0.15. The diagnostic test is given and returns negative. What is the posterior probability that the patient does not have the disease?

What will be an ideal response?


0.952

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Write the first three terms in the binomial expansion, expressing the result in simplified form.(x + 6)20

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Give the values of Xmin, Xmax, Ymin, and Ymax for the screen, given the values for Xscl and Yscl.Xscl = 7, Yscl = 8

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Solve.Three ships, A, B, and C, are anchored in the ocean. The distance from A to B is 25.5 km, from B to C is 17.2 km, and from C to A is 37.4 km. Find the angle measurements of the triangle formed by the three ships to the nearest tenth of a degree.

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